Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message congratulated the new Saudi foreign minister on his appointment, ISNA news agency reported. In his message to Adel al-Jubeir, Zarif expressed hope that during his tenure "we will witness the expansion of relations between the two peoples and governments of Iran and Saudi Arabia." Jubeir is a former Saudi ambassador to Washington and was promoted to the top post late last month by King Salman following a rare reshuffle of the government in the world's top oil exporting country.
